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New to this edition:
★ UPDATED! Revised content throughout reflects the latest standards of respiratory care.
★UNIQUE! Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia chapter presents in-depth, comprehensive coverageon this very challenging issue.
★Critical Care Conceptspresent short questions that challenge you to apply knowledge learned to difficult concepts.
★Clinical Scenarios offer a more comprehensive patient scenario that covers patient presentation, assessment data,and treatment options.
★Brief patient case studies list pertinent assessment data and pose a critical thinking question to test your content comprehension.
★Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) are presented in a convenient, reader-friendly format.
★NBRC-style end-of-chapter review questions reinforce the very difficult concept of mechanical ventilation with practice that focuses on certification exam success
